Helen MacDougall

 

   

Helen MacDougall moved to Holland from Australia in 1992.  For twelve years she played with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, and has worked with many leading European baroque orchestras, such as La Petite Bande, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Anima Eterna and Concerto Köln.  At present she plays with Les Arts Florissants in Paris.  As a soloist she can be heard on the label Caro Mitis.  Twice a year Helen dusts off her  Alexander 1103 and, if the valves are still working, plays modern chamber music with the Don Banks Trio.  Many new pieces have been written for the group, including the modern classic "When Suddenly" by Iain Matheson.  Helen also likes to steal repertoire, favourites being the Poulenc Clarinet Sonata, the two Schubert Trios, Corelli and Bach Violin Sonatas and Haydn's Zigeuner Trio.

 

Recordings

Antonio Rosetti - Bohemian Mutineer

 

Symphony in D Major (Murray A21)

Concerto for horn and orchestra in D minor (Murray C38)

Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor (Murray C9)

Symphony in G minor (Murray A42)

CARO MITIS CM 0012005

 

Helen MacDougall, cor (solo)

Orchestra Pratum Integrum

Sergei Kryukovtsev, Alexander Andrusik, cors

 

recorded in 2005

A Bohemian concerto bohémien performed by an Australian horn-player living in Holland and a Russian orchestra, what can be the result of such a strange mixture ?  Actually, a very interesting recording of the most beautiful Rosetti concerto for horn.  Helen MacDougall has very personal and strong musical ideas and besides is very imaginative.  Let's hope that one can find this CD easily because it's really worth it.

 

Calender

La folle journée de Nantes

31 January to 4 February 2007 in Nantes, Cité internationale des Congrès (France)

3 February 2007 at 7:30 pm, Auditorium Dostoïevski

Kölner Kammerchor

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

Dvorak : Requiem opus 89

Ulrich Hübner, Helen MacDougall, Lorenz Stöckli, Martin Mürner, horns

4 February 2007 at 10:45 am, Auditorium Dostoïevski

Kölner Kammerchor

Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann

Dvorak : Mass in D Major

Ulrich Hübner, Helen MacDougall, Lorenz Stöckli, Martin Mürner, horns

 

J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 1
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken

Claude Maury, Helen McDougall, horns

21 March 2007 Brussel, Minimes Church (Belgium) at 8:00 pm

22 March 2007 Paris, St. Roch Church (France) at 8:30 pm

24 March 2007 Padova, Auditorium Pollini (Italy) at 8:15 pm

11 April 2007 Monaco, Opéra de Montecarlo

 

 

16 July 2007 Lessay, Abbaye (France)

19 July 2007 Athènes, Herodes Atticus (Grèce)

21 July 2007 Aix-en-Provence, Théâtre (France)

27 July 2007 Beaune, Basilique (France)
 
   

J.Haydn : Die Schöpfung

Les Arts Florissants

William Christie

 

Claude Maury, Helen MacDougall, horns
 

 

 

1 December 2007 Caen (France)

3 December 2007 Ferrara (Italy)

4 December 2007 Reggio Emilia (Italy)

6 December 2007 Paris, Salle Pleyel (France)
8 December 2007 Brussels (Belgium)
10 December 2007 Valencia (Spain)
 
   

J.Haydn : Die Schöpfung

Les Arts Florissants

William Christie

 

Claude Maury, Helen MacDougall, horns